Card tray



Nov. 24 1925. w 1,562,638

, J. P. HAQZI-iA CARD TRAY Filed Feb. 26, 1925 Jam Rm gig? I Patented Nov. 241, i925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

JOHN PAUL HACHA, 013 DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CARD TRAY.

Application filed February 26, 1925. Serial No. 11,688.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that 1, JOHN PAUL T'TAOIIA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of VVayneand State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Card Tray, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a card tray adapted for retaining cards in an elevated position so that their faces will be visible from one side of the tray and their backs visible from theother side.

It is an object of the invention, to provide a set of card trays so arranged and constructed that two persons may play a four-handed game of bridge, each player playing against two blind or unknown hands.

With the use of the invention, the cards are dealt out as for a four-handed game of bridge into four equal sets. The trays for holding the cards are placed in a convenient position on the card table, a pair of trays being used. These trays are placed preferably at right angles to each other so that the broad side of one of the trays faces one of the players with its narrow side directed toward the other player. The other tray is similarly arranged, except the sides are re versed. The cards, when placed in the tray, will be visible at their faces to the player toward which the broad side of the tray is directed, so that the player may see the cards which. are positioned in the tray and the cards which are in his own hand. Each player, after the cards are dealt, places the one hand in the tray in the proper position.

It is an object of the present invention. to also provide a tray of this class which will be simple in structure, economical of manufacture and compact, so as to occupy a minimum space on the card table.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood from a reference to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification and in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the card tray used in the invention,

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the invention,

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical. sectional view of the invention..-

The tray comprises a main body 7, having a plurality of slots 8 formed in one side thereof and projected inwardly diagonally of the longitudinal length of the main body 7, slightly beyond the longitudinal center. Similar slots 9 are provided on the opposite side and directed inwardly at the same angle, so that the slots 9 and 8 are parallel. The separation between adjacent slots 9 is the same space which separates adjacent slots 8, so that the relation of the slots at opposite sides is a staggered one. The slots 8 and 9 are also inclined to the plane of the upper surface of the main body 7, as is clearly seen in Figs. 2 and 3. Mounted on the under surface of the main body 7 is a felt pad 10, or other nonabrasive material, so that the sliding of the tray 7 over a polished table will not mar or scratch it in any manner.

The cards 11 when placed in the tray overlap each other, as shown in Fig. 2, but on account of the arrangement of the slots, as shown in Fig. 1, the cards are so positioned that the faces of all of them will be visible from one of the broad sides of the tray. The inclining of the slots relatively to the plane of the main body 7 permits a more ready inspection of the cards, so that the player may always know exactly what cards are to be found in the hand which is inserted in the tray 7.

With the use of such a tray, the purposes are carried out permitting the playing of a four-handed genre of bridge by two persons. This eliminates the necessity of any blind playing as is customarily done, on account of the cards all being visible in the manner indicated.

lVhile I have illustrated and described the preferred form of structure, I do not wish to limit myself to the precise form of structure shown but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as true and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A card tray of the class described comprising a main body portion having a plurality of slits formed in the side thereof and extending inwardly therefrom diagonally of the length of said body, each of said slits being inclined to the plane of the upper face of said main body and adapted for the reception of a single card.

2. A card tray of the class described comprising a main body portion having a plurality of slits formed on opposite sides, each of said slits projecting inwardly diagonally of the length of said main body and inclined to the plane of the upper face of said body, the slits on opposite sides being in staggered relation to each other.

3. A card tray of the class described, C0111- prising a main body portion, having a plu- 10 rality of slits formed in one surface at opposite sides thereof, each of said slits-projecting inwardly diagonally of the length of said main body and extending from the edge beyond the longitudinal center thereof, and inclined to the main body of the upper face of said body, the slits on opposite sides being in staggered relation to each other.

In testimony whereof I have signed the foregoing specification.

JOHN PAUL HACHA. 

